2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,330 people earned their degree in construction engineering technology/technician, making the major the 183rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,460 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 903 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering technology/technician. That schools that top this list have a program in construction engineering technology/technician in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 9 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 184 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Houston Construction Engineering Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Prairie View A & M University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region. Prairie View, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Prairie View A & M University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 288 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full Texas A&M College Station Construction Engineering Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 116 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Texas State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 65 students in 2020-2021.
Full SHSU Construction Engineering Technology Report
Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Tarleton Construction Engineering Technology Report
With a ranking of #7, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 64 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Construction Engineering Technology Report
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 92 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Arizona State University - Tempe
University of North Texas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at University of North Texas
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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